The Church has many reasons to laugh, often at itself

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From time immemorial, the Church has been a rich source of humour, and members of the Church have been among the first to see and enjoy it. The propensity we have to get ourselves into a mess, and then to blame others for it, has been a constant source of amusement since the earliest days. “I am very being very foolish”, complained Paul (II Corinthians xii, 11), “but it was you who drove me to it.”

When God told Abraham that he and Sarah would have a son, Abraham convulsed with laughter. Could God have such a sense of humour?